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#BRUHNews: Woman Arrested For Finessing $50K Out Of Man She Met At A Bar
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ft. Lauderdale PD / WFLA Police have arrested a woman who was alleged to have drugged a Florida man and robbed him of $50,000 worth of jewelry and personal items after meeting him in a bar. According to reports, police in Henderson, Nevada arrested Close Reynicke on Monday (August 15th). The 23-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina resident was identified after she had been pulled over for driving with a suspended license. Law enforcement had been on the lookout for Reynicke at the behest of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, who had put out information on her online last month. Police reports note that the victim, Bobby Scali, apparently met Reynicke in a local bar on Las Olas Boulevard the night of June 10th. They engaged in conversation until 1:30 A.M...
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ On Netflix Gets Teaser Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ken Woroner / Netflix Guillermo del Toro is probably one of the most underrated horror/fantasy minds of our time and though he’s been keeping a low profile for a hot minute already it seems like he’s ready to return with a big splash come Halloween. Source: Ken Woroner / Netflix We finally got our first trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities and judging from the looks of it, we’re in for one helluva devilish time. According to HypeBeast the upcoming anthology will be comprised of eight gruesome tales (two of which will come from Del Toro himself) which promises to “showcase the realities existing outside of our normal world: the anomalies and curiosities.” Having handpicked the stories and directors for this new and exciting series, Guill...
Pay Up: Swizz Beatz & Timbaland Sues Triller For $28M Over VERZUZ Deal
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty VERZUZ was launched at the height of the pandemic by megastar producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, and they elevated the platform to a level that a deal with Triller commenced. However, it appears that the deal has turned sour and the pair launched a $28 million lawsuit in the direction of their business partners. According to a report from The Washington Post, the filing of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s VERZUZ lawsuit against Triller took place on Tuesday (August 16) and it appears that Triller has defaulted on paying the creators of the platform. “To date, Defendants have failed and refused to make any payment to [Swizz Beatz and Timbaland] of the past due sums due and owing,” reads a portion of the lawsuit. It claims that Triller ...
Winamp Launches Creator Service Program To Help Musicians Monetize Their Work
Media player company Winamp has launched a creator pass program to assist musicians in growing their careers. Rolling out later this year, the new service is designed to streamline the process of licensing and distributing music and cultivating engaging relationships with fans. The program appears to be hinged on a Patreon-style subscription model, where musicians can derive a recurring source of income each month from listener-subscriber in a space Winamp calls the Fanzone. Additionally, Winamp advertises that musicians will be able to make money using the service by simplifying royalties collection and monetizing the use of their tracks in YouTube videos or other forms of content. In tandem with helping out to distribute an artist’s music, the company will take action against a...
Joe Jonas Gets Real About Using Anti-Aging & Cosmetic Injectables: ‘There’s a Stigma That’s Fading’
Joe Jonas opened up about his personal approach to grooming and self-care in a new interview on Tuesday (Aug. 16). One day after celebrating his 33rd birthday, the Jonas Brothers heartthrob detailed his appreciation for taking care of his skin, telling People, “We’re all getting older and part of that is being comfortable [in our skin].” As such, he’s even become the new face of cosmetic injectable Xeomin as part of the brand’s “Beauty on Your Terms” marketing campaign, gladly breaking down some of the taboos around men investing in self-care and esthetics. “I don’t think it’s necessarily something that we have to shy away from,” he said. “We can be open and honest about it and be confident and not really shy away from speaking our truth. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See late...
Robin S.’s ‘Show Me Love’ Is Back in the Spotlight — As Are Old Disputes Over Its Credits
At this point it’s a familiar ritual: A star releases a new single that borrows from an oldie, generating a fresh hit but also thrusting the throwback into the limelight. Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” is just the latest example — the song’s pinging keyboard riff nods to the Stonebridge remix of Robin S’s “Show Me Love,” a full-throated house track that hit the top 10 on the Hot 100 in June 1993. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As that oldie returned to the popular consciousness, so did a rumor that’s been circulating on the internet for years: That the voice on “Show Me Love” actually belongs to Andrea Martin, a songwriter with a formidable resume of ’90s R&B cuts, who died last year at age 49. “People have been asking me this question [whose v...
Mark Hoppus Says He’s ‘Open to Whatever’ for Blink-182 After Rekindling Friendship with Tom DeLonge
Mark Hoppus says he’s open to all possibilities after his battle with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The Blink-182 bassist-singer spoke to People magazine about his cancer journey and how it brought him back into the orbit of former Blink singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge, who split with the pop-punk trio in 2015. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It was the first time that all three of us were in the same room in, like, five years,” Hoppus, 50, said of a visit he had with Blink drummer Travis Barker and DeLonge before he began a “brutal” regimen of chemotherapy. “It’s actually better than it used to be. There was no agenda. There were no lingering grudges. It felt very back to what it should be: three friends sitting in a room.” After replac...
Demi Lovato Struggled With ‘a Lot of Survivor’s Guilt’ Following Mac Miller’s Death
After all of the trauma Demi Lovato has endured over the last few years, the singer is ready to address the emotional toll recovering from substance abuse has taken on her. In a new interview with Zane Lowe that Apple Music is sharing first with Billboard, Lovato spoke about a song on their forthcoming album Holy Fvck (out Friday, Aug. 19, via Island Records) titled “Dead Friends,” and how it was written in the emotional fallout they dealt with watching friends and colleagues such as Mac Miller die via drug overdose while she survived. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I’ve made friends of all ages. I’ve lost friends that were around my age, and those hurt so deeply because we’ve been in the trenches together,” the singer said of the new so...
Todd Rundgren Drafts The Roots, Rivers Cuomo, Sparks for New Album
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Todd Rundgren has enlisted The Roots, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, Sparks, The Lemon Twigs, Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, Crowded Houses’ Neil Finn, guitar legend Steve Vai and artist/producer Thomas Dolby for his new album, Space Force. The project will be released Oct. 14 on Cleopatra Records. The first single, “Puzzle” featuring David Bowie/King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew, is out now. Jumping off from the duet-oriented vibe of Rundgren’s prior album, 2017’s White Knight, Space Force finds Rundgren helping his collaborators “bring rarities and never-released material to life,” according to a statement. Beyond the new album, Rundgren and Belew will team on the upcoming Celebrating David Bowie tour, with help from Scrote, Jeffrey Gaines, Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, ...
Rollerdrome Is the Futuristic Sci-Fi Video Game Rooted in the ’70s
There’s no shortage of sci-fi video games on the market, but most of them attempt to move things into the distant future. For Rollerdrome, that sci-fi is based on movies of the 1970s and set in the impossibly far-off year of 2030. The OlliOlli creators at Roll7 teamed up with Paul Rabbitte to bring his original vision to life, and it’s a combination of rollerskates, guns and dystopia that most wouldn’t dream of. Rollerdrome is a retro-futuristic action-packed third-person shooter that blends an elaborate traversal and tricking system (performing tricks refills the player’s ammunition) with fast-paced combat, and it’s as fun to play as it is stylish. Whether you’re looking for retro sci-fi settings or seamless blends of skating and gunning down bad guys, Rollerdrome is likely the only game ...
Dean Fertita Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares New Song
Dean Fertita, guitarist for Queens of the Stone Age and the Dead Weather, has announced his new album, Tropical Gothclub. It’s due out November 4 via Third Man. Fertita has also shared a new single from the release called “Wheels Within Wheels.” The track will not only be included on Tropical Gothclub, but will also be released on 7″ vinyl with the song “Street Level” on B-side. Listen to it below. “Tropical Gothclub as a concept is futuristic nostalgia,” Fertita shared in a statement, “going through the seven stages of escapism, understanding the subliminal messages I’ve been sending and receiving to myself, and letting fantasy take a machete to the darkest corners of my mind. I want subculture shock and volcanic rock.” In addition to his work with Queens of the Stone Age and the De...
Carla dal Forno Announces New Album Come Around, Shares Video
Carla dal Forno has announced that her third album, Come Around, will be released later this fall. The album is due out November 4 via her own Kallista Records. The Australian vocalist has shared title track from the album ahead of its release, which arrives with a new music video. Edited by Ludovic Sauvage, the visual follows dal Forno as she walks through a blurry, red landscape. Watch below. “‘Come Around’ was inspired by a guy I used to play in a band with,” dal Forno shared in a statement. “I really admired the way he played guitar. He had this laid back strum that was effortless and cool. I was mucking around at home one day trying to imitate the way he played and I wrote ‘Come Around.’” Come Around is dal Forno’s third studio album, following 2016’s You Know What It’s Like and 2019’...
